# Uses of the tables in AS

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uses-of-the-tables-in-as/146454
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**Created:** [May 1, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uses-of-the-tables-in-as/146454 "2005-05-01T15:53:53Z")
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### Author: ![5TEF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/85e7bf/32.png) [@5TEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/5TEF)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uses-of-the-tables-in-as/146454/1 "2005-05-01T15:53:53Z")

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hi,

i’m learning AS with flash MX, and try to make 2 cool things :

an XML menu, and an XML gallerie ([see thread here](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94965))…

actually, i know how to “catch” XML data…but don’t know how  
see XML data on my screen.

ex : this my code for my menu :

[color=Sienna]_xmlData = new XML();  
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;  
xmlData.onLoad = function(success) {  
champs\_menu = this.firstChild.childNodes.length;  
if (success) {  
for (i=0; i\<champs\_menu; i++) {  
menu = this.firstChild.childNodes_.attributes.nom;  
trace(menu);  
}  
}  
};  
xmlData.load(“menu.xml”);

\*[/color] [left][color=Black]but now, how to use my xml data ?  
[/color]i simply ( for my menu ) want to display data on a column, and use the same MC ( for all xml data ) for mouseover and mouseout effect…  
it seems that to use tables is best the solution, but I don’t understand the use of tables in that case…

why tables ? to display data as a column ?

tahnks very much

Kirupa rules 🙂

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